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''The willingness with which our young people are likely to serve in any war,no matter how justified,shall be directly proportional as to how they perceive the veterans of earlier wars were treated and appreciated by their nation'' --George Washington--

Saturday, 6 April 2013

‘Action in Falklands changed my life’

A Bermudian Royal Navy sailor was one of the first of the Senior Service to see action in the Falklands War, which started 31 years ago this week.Daniel Little — then a young communications specialist on HMS Alacrity — was on board when the first shots were fired at the Argentinian troops that had invaded the South Atlantic islands owned by Britain.And Mr Little, one of two Bermudians known to have seen action with the UK Task Force sent to retake the Falklands in 1982, said the experience of coming under hostile fire had changed his life.He said: “When I got back to the UK, I swore I’d never complain about anything again. When we were raising our four daughters, I frightened myself because I realised that experience meant nothing I could encounter would deter me as a parent or as a man.“Nothing would faze me because I had already looked at death. It changed me that way. I might have complained once or twice since then, though.“But it really made me appreciate the short time we have and the tentative nature of life.”Read More HERE

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Those that have never experienced War will always think War a good idea,
Tony McNally

The Royal Artillery Prayer
O Lord Jesus Christ, Who dost everywhere lead
thy people in the way of righteousness, Vouchsafe so as to lead the
Royal Regiment of Artillery, That wherever we serve, on land or sea or in
the air, We may win the glory of doing thy will Amen.

A quarter of homeless people are ex-services and 5,000 former service personnel are in prison.

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Did you know that each year an average of ten Falklands veterans commit suicide, this means that more soldiers have killed themselves since the end of that war than the fewer than two hundred and fifty eight who died during it.

(Source: Times cover story 12/11/02)

A "tsunami" of mental health problems resulting from the war in Iraq is "headed our way," - -

Ex-servicemen make up a quarter of homeless people in Britain, according to Shelter and the government's social exclusion unit.